Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.66% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Delek Drilling LP (TA:DEDRp), which rose 2.99% or 34 points to trade at 1173 at the close. Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) added 2.59% or 1670 points to end at 66170 and Leumi (TA:LUMI) was up 2.05% or 29 points to 1443 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Paz Oil (TA:PZOL), which lost 1.68% or 1020 points to trade at 59780 in late trade. Bezeq (TA:BEZQ) declined 1.50% or 12.9 points to end at 845.8 and Frutarom (TA:FRUT) shed 0.84% or 170 points to 20020.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 197 to 145 and 110 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.40% or 1.40 to $42.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 3.17% or 1.36 to hit $44.27 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.68% or 20.70 to trade at $1255.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.35% to 3.7607, while EUR/ILS rose 0.20% to 4.2780.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.52% at 93.96.